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Saturday, Dec 25, 2004

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Two held for factory owner's murder

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, DEC. 24. Two persons have been arrested by the North-West Delhi police for allegedly killing a 60-year-old factory owner at Kanjhawala in North-West Delhi on Thursday.

According to the police, Jai Singh, a resident of Jhajjar in Haryana and owner of a rubber factory in Kanjhawala, was found dead within the factory premises yesterday morning. The assailants had hit him on the head with a blunt object and then slit his throat. The almirah was found open and it was suspected that robbery could be the motive.

Following investigations, the police zeroed-in on one Rajkumar alias Rinku. He was interrogated at length following which he allegedly confessed to having killed Mr. Singh. At his instance, his accomplice, Sunil alias Sonu Gupta, was also arrested. The weapon of offence -- an iron rod, a blade used for cutting rubber and a pair of hand gloves -- and Rs. 37,400 in cash have been recovered from them.

Rajkumar, a trusted worker in Mr. Singh's factory, told the police that his father had called him up from his native place in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, and asked him to send Rs. 24,000 to repay a bank loan. He then roped in Sunil, whom he had brought from his native place and helped him in getting a job in the same factory, and planned to rob the money from the almirah kept in Mr. Singh's room in the factory on December 22.

Mr. Singh stayed back in the factory and slept in his room on the fateful night. The duo attacked him with an iron rod on the head. Sunil then slit his throat with the rubber-cutting blade. After killing him, both broke the almirah, collected the cash kept inside it and left the place.

The police said Rajkumar had been working in the factory for the past six years and had gained the trust of Mr. Singh. Over a period of time, he had even begun attending the family functions at Mr. Singh's house. Mr. Singh had also helped him financially in his sister's marriage. The police were baffled as to why did Rajkumar not request from Mr. Singh for the money.

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